Member reportsBook Review - William Dawes: Scientist, Governor, Abolitionist: Caught Between Science and ReligionReview by Dr. Nick Lomb William Dawes: Scientist, Governor, Abolitionist: Caught Between Science and Religion, by Richard de Grijs and...
Member reportsHow Good is your Night Sky?An easy-to-use walk around guide. By Garry P. Dalrymple The visibility of the stars and the planets is a restriction placed on all of us...
Member reportsWomen who measured stars for the Great Star Catalogue: Margaret Colville and Winsome BellamyDr Toner Stevenson, History Affiliate, School of Humanities, The University of Sydney This blog post is to recognise Margaret Colville...
Did you know? Astronomical tidbitsDid you know? Binary StarsThe dictionary defines binary as “composed of or involving two things”, so a binary star is a system composed of two stars which orbit ...
In this MonthAstronomical happenings in November11th November 1572 Supernova SN1572, also called B Cassiopeiae, is first observed by Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe. The “new star” was...